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Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky: Herod and the Age of Moral Management – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky: Herod and the Age of Moral Management

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Herod_nightsky. Images: Wikipedia and NASA/Unsplash.com

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic World Report, Jan. 5, 2026

Father Jerry J. Pokorsky is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington. He is pastor of St. Catherine of Siena parish in Great Falls, Virginia.. He holds a Master of Divinity degree as well as a master’s degree in moral theology.

Herod may not be the monster we imagine—not because his crime was small, but because we have perfected something far worse: killing methodically, without passion, without hatred, without shame, and without humanity.

Every person, from king to commoner, lives by a moral code. Catholic moral theology is grounded in the Ten Commandments and the principles of Natural Law.

The law of the jungle, by contrast, rests on power and emotion. Modern times, however, have seen the rise of a managerial moral system—one that reframes moral questions as technical problems to be solved through spreadsheets, projections, and computer models. …

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Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky: Herod and the Age of Moral Management

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By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic World Report, Jan. 5, 2026

Herod may not be the monster we imagine—not because his crime was small, but because we have perfected something far worse: killing methodically, without passion, without hatred, without shame, and without humanity.

Every person, from king to commoner, lives by a moral code. Catholic moral theology is grounded in the Ten Commandments and the principles of Natural Law.

The law of the jungle, by contrast, rests on power and emotion. Modern times, however, have seen the rise of a managerial moral system—one that reframes moral questions as technical problems to be solved through spreadsheets, projections, and computer models. …

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